Operating trigger for double-gun mounts



- Dec. 1, 1925. 1563338 H. O. RUSSELL ET AL OPERATING TRIGGER FOR DOUBLEGUN uoum's Filed April 18/1922 l mented Dec 1, 1925.

HERBERT o. RUssEL or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AND CHARLES A r a DAYTON, OHIO.

OPERATIHG TRIGGER ron DOUBLE-GUN. viounrrs; 7

Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial no. 555,405. 1

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Hnnnnnr O. RUssELL and CHARLES LEIGH PAULUs,citizens 'of the United States, residing, respectively, at Detroit andDayton, in the counties of Wayne and Montgomery and States of VMichiganand Ohio, have invente'd'certain new and useful Improvements 1nOperating Triggers for Double-Gun Mounts, of which theffollowing is aspecification.

This invention relat-esa'to operating triggers for double gun'mounts,the object being toproduce what may be termed an auxiliary Q triggerassembly adapted to be used inconjunction with any double guninstallation a and especially in connection withgun's hav ingpistoljgrips. The "auxiliary trigger asv sembly is adapted to beattached to the trig- I ger guard'of one gun and used for controllingthe other gun. The. improvedltrigger assembly allows a full hand on thepistol ,7 grip,fone trigger being operated by the fore finger ofthe handand the other by the sec- 0nd finger. The mechanism'is particularlyadaptedfor use in connection with the present duplex triggercontrol'for' Lewis guns in which the mechanism nowused is un- 'uardedandthere is therefore a chance for accidental firing.

' vthe invention consists in the novel construc- 7 tion, combination-andarrangement described, illustrated andclaimed. V

v In the accompanying drawings:

a showing the pistol grip of a machine gun formed so that they may beclamped upon i Opposite sides of'the trigger guard 3 as in-' WVith theabove and other objectsin view,

herein Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation and illustrating theauxiliary trigger assemj bly in its applied relationthereto; V V Figure'2 is an. elevation of the auxiliary ,triggerassembly looking from theopposite side. I I I Figure 3. is an endview of the'same V Referring tothe drawings, 1 designates the pistol grip of a; machine gun, 2 thetrig- V, ger of said gun and 3 the trigger guard. 7 The auxiliarytrigger assembly of this i-n-= vention comprises in the preferred embodi'ment two oppositely disposed frame pieces -or members 4 and 5 to one ofwhich is permanently secured a trigger guard 6. The

:frame members 4: and 5 are preferably trigger 8 and an operatingleverY9.

members Sand 9 have a common axis beingmounted on a short transverseshaftlO suping a full grip onthe gun.

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Lnrezi PAULUS,1OF' v dicated] in Figure 1, said frame pieces beingsecurely held together and in clamping relation to the trigger guard '23by fasteners 7' I which may consist of be preferred. 7 V The triggerassembly also comprises a Both screws or bolts as may v ported by theframe members 4 and 5. The Y lever 9 is arranged atone side of the frametends upwardly abovethe same where, it has a v attached thereto aflexible operating conof the auxiliary trigger assembly and exnection 11such as Bowden wire control which leads therefrom to the other gun (noti if shown) In" operation the pistol grip l is held the hand with theindex finger on the trig: ger 2 and second finger on the trigger 8.

This is a'natural position for the hand and allows-a pull by a grip ofthe hand; The trigger assembly is adapted to any double guninstallation,and is easily attached to the trigger guard of'one gun and connected 1to the trigger mechanism of theother gun and furthermore the trigger isguarded particularly, adapted for' use in connection against accidentalfiring. The mechanism is with the present duplex trigger controlfOrLewis guns, and eliminates the danger of accidental firing of the guns.The present arrangement requires the use of the last two fingers on thehand.' Under such arrangement the gunner is prevented from obtain-Having thus described my invention, I claim; v

An; operating trigger for a double gun trigger guard ofv one gun, anauxiliary trigo gerassembly including a frame attached to} said triggerguard, a shaft rotatabl-ycar? -mount embodying in combination with theried bysaid frame, a trigger on said shaft, j

above said trigger guard, andjan operating connection leadlng from theupper endof said lever to the control device of another un. V I

In testimony whereof HERBERTO. RUSSELL.

lever on said shaft extending upwardly we affix our signa CHARLES LEIGHPnus;

